Heterobiography, Hypocriticism, and the Ethics of Authorial Responsibility
Keywords:
literary theory, author, authorship, death of the author, De Man, Paul, autobiographical literature, heterobiography, authorial responsibilityAbstract
Arguing that “heterobiography” (fictional autobiographies of historical individuals) places the subject at the centre of complex relationships between the historical, the fictional, the critical, the legal and the ethical, this article discusses some of the crucial questions that these texts raise.References
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